How To Install sensible-utils on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sensible-utils on Kali Linux.

What is sensible-utils

sensible-utils is:

This package provides a number of small utilities which are used by programs to sensibly select and spawn an appropriate browser, editor, or pager.

The specific utilities included are: sensible-browser sensible-editor sensible-pager

There are three methods to install sensible-utils on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sensible-utils Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sensible-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sensible-utils

Install sensible-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sensible-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sensible-utils

Install sensible-utils Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install sensible-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sensible-utils

How To Uninstall sensible-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the sensible-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sensible-utils

Uninstall sensible-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sensible-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sensible-utils

Remove sensible-utils Configurations and Data

To remove sensible-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sensible-utils

Remove sensible-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sensible-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sensible-utils

Dependencies

sensible-utils have the following dependencies:

References

• sensible-utils website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sensible-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.